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  1. Nov 8th, 2004, 12:54 PM #1
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    Visually creating forms in unmanaged C++

    Is there a way to visually edit a form using the VisualStudio IDE when developing an unmanaged C++app? If not is there a free solution out there for creating editing forms visually?
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    You can edit dialogs in the resource editor. That should cover just about everything you usually need.

    Otherwise you might want to look into GTK+ and its window designer (too tired to remember the name), there might be a port for Windows.
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    Sorry for the newbie questions...

    The main window that loads when I run the app that VisualStudio creates does not show up as a dialog. It does have an "About" dialog a menu. Do I edit a dialog and add it into the main window? How do I edit the contents of the main startup window?
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    Not graphically, but in code. The main window of the auto-generated Win32 app (which is bad IMHO) is code-generated, so you have to control its look with code.
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